Meg Baird/Helena Espvall/Sharron Kraus - Leaves From Off The Tree State Run Discography 20 years of Dischord boxset Been downloading some free mp3's off of last fm too, which is always a good way of finding new music.

The new album from The Cat Empire, So Many Nights. Still the same old sun-drenched brassy, funky stuff. Perfect spring and summer music. Still deciding if it's as good as Two Shoes but it's still better than most going round.

Went to see Band of Horses here in NYC at Terminal 5 on Sunday night. Great show, great performers--I had just heard their album the day before. Very tight band, and the singer's voice is great.

No, I'm not a promoter, just a student.

I saw them at Black Cat last year and it was fantastic. My friend went to last Thursday's show at 9:30 and he said it was equally great, if not better.

I'm still rebuilding my music collection (as some of you may know I gave away/deleted/sold thousands and thousands of mp3s, records and CDs in an effort to start anew), so I don't have much to choose from now. I keep listening to The Books.